The StuG III, or Sturmgeschütz III, was the most produced German armored fighting vehicle in WWII. It could penetrate the front armor of tanks like the KV-1. The powerful tank destroyer and its ...

A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer ... "Ghost Ship of the Pacific," served on the front lines of World War II. It was stationed ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, shown here a week or two before she was lost in the battle.

That night, Japanese forces ran into the U.S. 7th Fleet in Surigao Strait, losing two battleships, a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers ...

in the western Pacific. That’s not actually that dissimilar from the way that World War II started. We remember World War II as a global war because that’s what it ultimately became ...